An article by Chloe Smith MP in the Daily Express wrongly stated there were more job vacancies than unemployed people who could fill them. This is not true, and Ms Smith has now corrected the error.
Ms Smith would have been right if she’d been talking about the figures inTalking about the October-December 2022 figures, the
: “While this ratio remains very low by historical standards, this quarterly increase suggests a slight easing of recent tightness in the labour market, following consecutive falls in vacancy numbers.”in the three months between November 2022 and January 2023, with unemployment figures over the same period yet to be published.
If an MP makes an inaccurate claim in the media they should take responsibility for ensuring it is appropriately corrected, and make efforts to ensure the correction is publicly available to anyone who might have seen the claim.Richard TownshendIf an MP makes an inaccurate claim in the media they should take responsibility for ensuring it is appropriately corrected, and make efforts to ensure the correction is publicly available to anyone who might have seen the claim.
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